"And em the greye morne peep'd. the eastern hills o'er,
At Tregeagle's gate sounded hys home."
At Tregeagle's gate sounded hys home."
Tregeagle will not obey the summons, but suddenly "they hearde the Black Hunter's dread voyce in the wynde!"
"They heard hys curate hell-houndes runn,yelping behynde,
And his steede thundered loude on the eare!"
And his steede thundered loude on the eare!"
This gentleman in black shakes the castle with his cry, "Come forth, Sir Tregeagle! come forth and submit to thy fate!" Of course he comes forth, and "the rede bolte of vengeaunce shot forth wyth a glare, and strooke him a corpse to the grounde!"
"Then from the black corpse a pale spectre appear'd,
And hyed him away through the night."
And hyed him away through the night."
Goonhylda is of course found uninjured, and taken home by the earl. The castle disappears and Dozmare Pool re-appears; but --
"Stylle as the traveller pursues hys lone waye,
In horroure at nyghte o'er the waste,
He hears Syr Tregeagle with shrieks rushe away
He hears the Black Hunter pursuing his preye,
And shrynkes at bys bugle's dread blaste."'
In horroure at nyghte o'er the waste,
He hears Syr Tregeagle with shrieks rushe away
He hears the Black Hunter pursuing his preye,
And shrynkes at bys bugle's dread blaste."'
Hunt 1903
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